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June 19
Thursday


JUNETEENTH

READ:
Romans 6:15-23
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Having been set free
from sin, you became
slaves of righteousness.
__Romans
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On June 19, 1865, over 2 years after President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation, General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and read General Order Number 3: "The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free." For the first time, slaves in Texas learned that they were already free. Some were shocked; many others celebrated. June 19 soon became known as "Juneteenth."

Nearly 25 years after the "Emancipation Proclamation" of the cross of Jesus, Paul worte to the Roman believers. Some of them still did not understand what it meant to be free from sin's bondage. They thought they could go on sinning because they were under grace (Rom. 6:15). So Paul reminded them of their status in Jesus by appealing to a familiar fact: Whatever we submit to becomes our master (John 8:34). To commit sin puts us in bondage to sin.

The other option is to be a slave of righteousness. Salvation actually means a change of bondage. As we once served sin, we are now committed to lives of righteousness because of the freedom Jesus provides.

My brothers and sisters, let us become in practice what we already are in status__free! __Marvin Williams
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````````````````The Savior can break sin's dominion,``````````````
````````````````````The victory He won long ago;````````````````
````````````````In Him there is freedom from bondage,````````````
````````````````He's able to conquer the foe. __Smith``````````````
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True freedom is found in bondage to Christ.

*************Today's Bible Reading __ Romans 6:15-23*************

15 What then? Shall we sin
because we are not under
law but under grace?
Certainly not! 16 Do you not
know that to whom you
present yourselves slaves to
obey, you are that one's
slaves whom you obey,
whether of sin leading to
death, or of obedience
leading to righteousness?

17 But God be thanked that
though you were slaves of
sin, yet you obeyed from
the heart that form of
doctrine to which you were
delivered. 18 And having
been set free from sin, you
became slaves of
righteousness.

19 I speak in human terms
because of the weakness of
your flesh. For just as you
presented your members as
slaves of uncleanness, and
of lawlessness leading to
more lawlessness, so now
present your members as
slaves of righteousness for
holiness. 20 For when you
were slaves of sin, you were
free in regard to
righteousness. 21 What fruit
did you have then in the
things of which you are
now ashamed? For the end
of those things is death.

22 But now having been set
free from sin, and having
become slaves of God, you
have your fruit to holiness,
and the end, everlasting life.

23 For the wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus
our Lord.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

"But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves
of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting
life" (Rom. 6:22). Every day choices confront us. Our response
to each will produce habits and ultimately form our character.
Paul admonishes us to submit as slaves to God, resulting in godly
character. __Dennis Fisher